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Thursday 12 December 2019
Global semiconductor equipment sales to rebound in 2020
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales will drop 10.5% to US$57.6 billion in 2019 from last year's historic peak of US$64.4 billion but stage a 2020 recovery and set a...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
VFX startup Renovatio looks to North America market
Renovatio Pictures, a Taiwan-based startup specialized in VFX (visual effects) production, has scored points in the domestic market and plans to foray into North America together...
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Global Unichip, Alchip set to enjoy over 20% revenue growth in 4Q19
IC design service providers Global Unichip and Alchip are both expected to report over 20% sequential increases in fourth-quarter revenues, thanks to robust orders for developing...
Thursday 17 October 2019
Wafer capacity by feature size shows rapid growth at sub-10nm
Leading-edge processes, defined as sub-28nm technologies, accounted for the largest portion in terms of monthly installed capacity available in 2015. By the end of 2019, sub-28nm...
Thursday 17 October 2019
TSMC expects 9% sales growth to hit another record in 4Q19
TSMC expects to enjoy another quarter of record high revenues, while adding an additional US$4 billion in its full-year capital budget. The pure-play foundry has forecast revenues...
Wednesday 4 September 2019
US biomedical CRO Veristat sets up first Asia operations in Taiwan
US-based clinical research organization (CRO) Veristat has set up operations in Taipei, seeking to leverage Taiwan's ICT talent to integrate smart medical resources in the US and...
Friday 23 August 2019
North America semi equipment industry billings up slightly, says SEMI
Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment grew slightly on month, but posted a year-over-year decline for the 9th consecutive month in July,...
Tuesday 13 August 2019
ShunSin eyes robust networking, face ID modules shipments to US in 2H19
ShunSin Technology, Foxconn Technology Group's IC backend service affiliate, is expected to see revenues and profits hit the year's highs in September and October, bolstered by robust...
Monday 12 August 2019
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2019
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments grew 14.4% sequentially, but dropped 6.4% on year to arrive at 7.16 million units in the second quarter of 2019.
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Server, networking device players expanding manufacturing in Taiwan and North America
The supply chain of servers and network communication devices has continued shifting their production out of China with Taiwan and North America being the two major choices for the...
Monday 1 July 2019
WPG positive about IC demand for 5G, AI and automotive
WPG, Asia's largest IC distributor, has expressed optimism about semiconductor demand for 5G, IoT, automotive and industrial applications this year despite a number of negative macro...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Inspur headhunting talent from Taiwan ODMs
China-based server vendor Inspur has been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec for its R&D office in Taiwan,...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Global semiconductor materials sales hit record-high US$51.9 billion
The global semiconductor materials market grew 10.6% in 2018, propelling semiconductor materials revenues to US$51.9 billion to eclipse the previous high of US$47.1 billion set in...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
Thursday 20 December 2018
North America semi equipment industry billings fall in November, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...